Tahmine Milani (تهمینه میلانی) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Milani was born in 1960 in Tabriz. She is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin. After gaining her degree in architecture she embarked on a career in filmmaking. In her films Tahmine Milani has addressed difficult subjects such as women’s rights and the representations of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Milani has even been sent to prison. The Iranian government raised objections to her film The Hidden Half (Nimeye Penha). She is also known for Nights of Tehran (Shabhaye Tehran), Children of Divorce (Bachehaye Talagh ), To Stay Alive (Bimani), What’s Up? (Digeh Che Khabar?) and The Legend of a Sigh (Afsaneye Aaah).
Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband’s accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her t…
The Hidden Half
Director
2001-02-06
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official’s wife of nearl…
Two Women
Director
1999-01-01
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent ye…
What Else Is New?
Director
1992-01-02
The film is about an imaginative and lively student who transforms her immediate family and surroundings when she talks herself into writing a novel….
The Legend of a Sigh
Director
1991-10-12
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani’s strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female …
Superstar
Director
2009-03-18
An arrogant movie star’s life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up….
Cease Fire
Director
2006-01-01
A couple (Golzar & Afshar) who have been bickering & fighting from day one, are contemplating divorce until by chance they both end up visitin…
Cease Fire 2
Director
2014-03-09
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The Unwanted Woman
Director
2005-08-28
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Untaken Paths
Director
2017-11-17
„Untaken Paths“ tells the story of a young woman in love, who marries against the wishes of her family. She is challenged when her nascent marriag…
One Of Us
Director
2011-10-11
Sarah is an architect who tries to figure out the best way to treat her boss….
Pay Back
Director
2010-02-02
Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor’s house posing as house sitters and emba…
Kakadu
Director
1995-04-01
Directed by Tahmineh Milani….
Children of Divorce
Director
Tahmine Milani’s first film….
Tahmine Milani Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Hidden Half
Producer
2001-02-06
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official’s wife of nearl…
Kakadu
Producer
1995-04-01
Directed by Tahmineh Milani….
The Legend of a Sigh
Producer
1991-10-12
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani’s strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female …
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Fifth Reaction
Writer
2003-01-01
Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband’s accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her t…
The Hidden Half
Writer
2001-02-06
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official’s wife of nearl…
The Legend of a Sigh
Writer
1991-10-12
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani’s strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female …
Superstar
Screenplay
2009-03-18
An arrogant movie star’s life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up….
The Unwanted Woman
Writer
2005-08-28
…
Nights of Tehran
Screenplay
2001-01-02
Not Available….
One Of Us
Writer
2011-10-11
Sarah is an architect who tries to figure out the best way to treat her boss….
Two Women
Writer
1999-01-01
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent ye…
Pay Back
Writer
2010-02-02
Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor’s house posing as house sitters and emba…
Kakadu
Writer
1995-04-01
Directed by Tahmineh Milani….
The Grey
Writer
2002-01-01
Bita Hokmi, the daughter of a conservative and deeply religious family, gets accepted as a graphic design major and leaves Isfahan, her hometown for T…
